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terrorism | Fox News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/19/london-crash-van-slams-into-crowd-leaving-mosque-one-arrested.html | London van attack: Suspect identified, arrested in terror investigation | 2017-06-19 | The man suspected of mowing down a crowd exiting Ramadan prayers at a London mosque early Monday has been identified as 47-year-old Darren Osborne of Cardiff , Wales , sources told Sky News .
At least one person was killed and 10 others were injured in the assault , which authorities were treating as a terrorist attack... | The man suspected of mowing down a crowd exiting Ramadan prayers at a London mosque early Monday has been identified as 47-year-old Darren Osborne of Cardiff, Wales, sources told Sky News.
At least one person was killed and 10 others were injured in the assault, which authorities were treating as a terrorist attack.
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world | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/5/paris-climate-agreement-shares-nations-wealth/ | Developing nations in Paris climate accord threaten to keep polluting unless they’re paid | 2017-06-05 | Ben Wolfgang | Yemen has promised a whopping 1 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions as part of the global Paris climate agreement .
North Korea , meanwhile , has said its pollution will double by 2030 compared with 2000 levels — but only if the rest of the world writes a sizable check . Otherwise , its emissions will rise even fur... | Yemen has promised a whopping 1 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions as part of the global Paris climate agreement.
North Korea, meanwhile, has said its pollution will double by 2030 compared with 2000 levels — but only if the rest of the world writes a sizable check. Otherwise, its emissions will rise even further... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | fMLiS7uMS8sI62KC |
immigration | CBN | 2 | https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2019/august/dems-and-immigration-advocates-push-back-against-new-trump-plan-for-migrant-families | Dems and Immigration Advocates Push Back Against New Trump Plan for Migrant Families | 2019-08-22 | WASHINGTON – President Trump is standing by a new rule that would allow the government to detain migrant families indefinitely while their asylum claims are being processed , and critics are pushing back .
The new Department of Homeland Security policy would effectively end the practice of `` catch and release '' at th... | WASHINGTON – President Trump is standing by a new rule that would allow the government to detain migrant families indefinitely while their asylum claims are being processed, and critics are pushing back.
The new Department of Homeland Security policy would effectively end the practice of "catch and release" at the bor... | www1.cbn.com | right | y0bEO71tqT3U5qaJ | |
elections | Politico | 0 | https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/biden-energy-crisis-1345359 | Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds | 2019-05-28 | Marc Caputo, Natasha Korecki | Attendance at former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s launch rally paled next to some of his rivals . | Matt Rourke/AP Photo 2020 Elections Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds The former veep is leading the Democratic field in all the important categories except one .
He ’ s dominating in the... | Attendance at former Vice President Joe Biden’s launch rally paled next to some of his rivals. | Matt Rourke/AP Photo 2020 Elections Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds The former veep is leading the Democratic field in all the important categories except one.
He’s dominating in the poll... | www.politico.com | left | o6QNVaOlIC71C4xy |
immigration | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/gop-conservatives-immigration-bill-senate-93215.html?hp=t2_s | 'Gang' warfare over Senate immigration bill | 2013-06-24 | Burgess Everett | A stubborn anti-reform 'Gang of Five ' has been the bill 's loudest opponents . | AP Photos 'Gang ' warfare over immigration
To a small band of Republican senators , the problems with the Senate ’ s immigration reform bill could fill an encyclopedia .
To them , the bill is too long , it hasn ’ t been read , it ’ s been... | A stubborn anti-reform 'Gang of Five' has been the bill's loudest opponents. | AP Photos 'Gang' warfare over immigration
They represent conservatives’ last stand in the Senate.
To a small band of Republican senators, the problems with the Senate’s immigration reform bill could fill an encyclopedia.
Story Continued B... | www.politico.com | left | D1aej9xLtkQ3fpid |
technology | Reason | 2 | https://reason.com/2019/06/11/will-antitrust-action-against-big-tech-resolve-anything/ | Will Antitrust Action Against Big Tech Resolve Anything? | 2019-06-11 | "Andrea OSullivan", Christian Britschgi, Josh Blackman, Xander Peters, Cosmo Wenman, Joe Setyon, Zuri Davis | Well , it was bound to happen eventually . After near three years of all-out rhetorical war against tech giants , for politically-shifting sins including bigness , too much censorship , not enough censorship , data hoarding , and being too irresistible , policymakers are ready to move beyond cheap talk and start slappi... | Well, it was bound to happen eventually. After near three years of all-out rhetorical war against tech giants, for politically-shifting sins including bigness, too much censorship, not enough censorship, data hoarding, and being too irresistible, policymakers are ready to move beyond cheap talk and start slapping wrist... | www.reason.com | right | 3thES4gghxCQTugx |
abortion | CBN | 2 | http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2016/june/supreme-court-strikes-down-texas-abortion-clinic-regulations | Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Clinic Regulations | 2016-06-27 | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 against the Texas pro-life law that required physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and required clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery .
Matthew Clark , with the American Center for Law and Justice , explains to ███ New... | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 against the Texas pro-life law that required physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and required clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery.
Matthew Clark, with the American Center for Law and Justice, explains to CBN News ... | www1.cbn.com | right | evE0WasnXdBNwrDi | |
elections | Townhall | 2 | http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/12/29/video-is-bill-clintons-sexual-misconduct-fair-game-against-hillary-n2097715 | Video: Is Bill Clinton's Sexual Misconduct 'Fair Game' Against Hillary? | 2015-12-29 | Guy Benson, Katie Pavlich, Julio Rosas, Matt Vespa | Following Donald Trump 's inoffensive but unwise criticisms of Hillary Clinton -- the `` schlonged '' affair and the bathroom break cracks -- Clinton 's allies circled the wagons with entirely predictable cries of sexism . Trump fired back with a warning : If treatment of women is an issue Hillary 's campaign plans to ... | Following Donald Trump's inoffensive but unwise criticisms of Hillary Clinton -- the "schlonged" affair and the bathroom break cracks -- Clinton's allies circled the wagons with entirely predictable cries of sexism. Trump fired back with a warning: If treatment of women is an issue Hillary's campaign plans to raise thr... | www.townhall.com | right | NaQuZwPd1u6UQ49D |
culture | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2020/0130/American-Dirt-Who-gets-to-tell-your-story | ‘American Dirt’: Who gets to tell your story? | 2020-01-30 | Stephen Humphries | “ I think the publishing industry is moving in the right direction , ” he says . “ I actually feel positive about the opportunities for writers of color in upcoming years . I think [ the ‘ American Dirt ’ incident ] is more of a hiccup along the way than an indication that we ’ re sliding back. ” ( Read the Monitor ’ s... | “I think the publishing industry is moving in the right direction,” he says. “I actually feel positive about the opportunities for writers of color in upcoming years. I think [the ‘American Dirt’ incident] is more of a hiccup along the way than an indication that we’re sliding back.” (Read the Monitor’s review of “Amer... | www.csmonitor.com | center | SFzoHlvUaFvQ54dv |
politics | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-private-email-no-apologies-213349 | Clinton: I'm 'sorry' the email scandal is confusing to people | 2015-09-04 | Rachael Bade, Gabriel Debenedetti, Nick Gass | Hillary Clinton sat down Friday for a rare national television interview , a move that could have allowed her to sail into the holiday weekend , reclaiming a bad week of headlines about the vexing email scandal that has overshadowed her campaign and unsettled even ardent supporters .
During the sitdown with MSNBC 's An... | Hillary Clinton sat down Friday for a rare national television interview, a move that could have allowed her to sail into the holiday weekend, reclaiming a bad week of headlines about the vexing email scandal that has overshadowed her campaign and unsettled even ardent supporters.
It didn't quite work out that way.
S... | www.politico.com | left | 21V579MBn8zcnbIA |
white_house | Newsmax | 2 | http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/gingrich-law-created-immigration/2014/11/22/id/609031/ | Gingrich: Obama Illegally Created New Laws in Plan | 2014-11-22 | Sandy Fitzgerald | President Barack Obama 's policy on immigration is n't just another new government program , says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — it 's a `` new law , created by the executive without Constitutional authority . `` The president 's prime-time address on Thursday was `` technically a fine speech , '' but `` very lit... | President Barack Obama's policy on immigration isn't just another new government program, says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — it's a "new law, created by the executive without Constitutional authority."The president's prime-time address on Thursday was "technically a fine speech," but "very little of it was true,... | www.newsmax.com | right | ntNxhnK18HD6e1bw |
middle_east | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/13/iran-apology-video-counters-obama-narrative-on-rel/ | Iran apology video counters Obama narrative on release of captured U.S. sailors | 2016-01-13 | Guy Taylor | The Obama administration rushed Wednesday to portray the swift return of 10 U.S. sailors taken captive a day earlier by Iran as a vindication of the president ’ s diplomatic outreach to Tehran , but a video showing the disarmed , kneeling American sailors being watched by Iranian guards and one of the sailors apologizi... | The Obama administration rushed Wednesday to portray the swift return of 10 U.S. sailors taken captive a day earlier by Iran as a vindication of the president’s diplomatic outreach to Tehran, but a video showing the disarmed, kneeling American sailors being watched by Iranian guards and one of the sailors apologizing t... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | 1BDTGxTCOb9ErjfM |
white_house | Newsmax - News | 2 | https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ppe-masks-gloves-3m/2020/04/05/id/961483/ | China Agrees Not to Restrict PPE Exports White House Threatens Take Legal Action | 2020-04-05 | Jason Devaney | China promised it would not restrict exports of medical supplies hours after the New York Post reported the Trump administration was weighing legal action against Beijing for such actions , reports the South China Morning Post .
`` We will not forget that at the beginning of the fight against the epidemic , many countr... | China promised it would not restrict exports of medical supplies hours after the New York Post reported the Trump administration was weighing legal action against Beijing for such actions, reports the South China Morning Post.
"We will not forget that at the beginning of the fight against the epidemic, many countries ... | www.newsmax.com | right | zzw8ORfncyrlNR6J |
elections | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/joe-biden-hillary-clinton-debate-performance-214775 | 7 takeaways from the first Democratic debate | 2015-10-14 | Glenn Thrush | Nobody expected a whole lot of excitement from the first Democratic debate , and it delivered .
The decorous Las Vegas session was a pillow fight compared with those laugh-riot Donald Trump Republican melees . The reason : None of the five Democrats , especially Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders , were particularly in... | Nobody expected a whole lot of excitement from the first Democratic debate, and it delivered.
The decorous Las Vegas session was a pillow fight compared with those laugh-riot Donald Trump Republican melees. The reason: None of the five Democrats, especially Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, were particularly incline... | www.politico.com | left | bHAts6pQRwqYuUA2 |
us_house | BBC News | 1 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50481877 | Trump impeachment inquiry: Did Republican witnesses help Democrats more? | Anthony Zurcher, North America Reporter | On day three of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry , the witnesses included top aides who listened in on President Trump 's call with Ukraine 's leader . What did we learn ?
One was a decorated Iraq War veteran who was born in Ukraine and came to the US as a child , Lt Col Alexander Vindman .
The other was US V... | Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Why did this impeachment witness earn applause?
On day three of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, the witnesses included top aides who listened in on President Trump's call with Ukraine's leader. What did we learn?
One was a decorated Iraq War veter... | www.bbc.com | center | JoMnIx0w7QEH4E83 | |
treasury | Townhall | 2 | http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/06/03/surprise-irs-was-warned-about-potentially-hacking-of-sensitive-information-did-nothing-n2007472 | Negligence: IRS Was Warned About Potential Hacking of Sensitive Taxpayer Information, Did Practically Nothing | 2015-06-03 | Katie Pavlich, Bronson Stocking, Matt Vespa, "Cortney OBrien", Julio Rosas | IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was in the hot seat on Capitol Hill yesterday over a massive data breach and hacking of highly sensitive taxpayer information , including social security numbers . A number of taxpayers whose information was stolen have also lost their identities .
Information and testimony given by Inspe... | IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was in the hot seat on Capitol Hill yesterday over a massive data breach and hacking of highly sensitive taxpayer information, including social security numbers. A number of taxpayers whose information was stolen have also lost their identities.
Information and testimony given by Inspect... | www.townhall.com | right | nTWzZwowL9jdvp9v |
media_bias | USA TODAY | 1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/02/trump-tweets-fake-news-far-more-often-than-build-wall/446746001/ | Trump tweets about 'fake news' nearly 10 times more often than 'build the wall' | 2017-07-02 | President Trump cares more about tearing down the news media than building a wall along the Mexican border — at least according to his Twitter feed .
Trump on Sunday tweeted a mocked-up wrestling video of him body-slamming and beating a character labeled as CNN . `` # FraudNews , '' Trump tagged it . His supporters rev... | Paul Singer
USA TODAY
President Trump cares more about tearing down the news media than building a wall along the Mexican border — at least according to his Twitter feed.
Trump on Sunday tweeted a mocked-up wrestling video of him body-slamming and beating a character labeled as CNN. "#FraudNews," Trump tagged it. Hi... | www.usatoday.com | center | 76dJR7l365wkTuq1 | |
media_bias | Pew Research Center | 1 | http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/06/05/almost-seven-in-ten-americans-have-news-fatigue-more-among-republicans/ | Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue, more among Republicans | 2018-06-05 | Jeffrey Gottfried, Michael Barthel | If you feel like there is too much news and you can ’ t keep up , you are not alone . A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is , though the sentiment is more common on the right side of the political spectrum , according to a ███ survey conducted from Feb. 22 to March 4 , 20... | If you feel like there is too much news and you can’t keep up, you are not alone. A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is, though the sentiment is more common on the right side of the political spectrum, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted from Feb. 22 to Ma... | www.pewresearch.org | center | O8VEpSqBeopsu8r3 |
welfare | ThinkProgress | 0 | http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/08/3136631/lepage-welfare/ | Governor’s Attempt To Find Massive Welfare Fraud Turns Up Next To Nothing | 2014-01-08 | On Tuesday , Maine Gov . Paul LePage ( R ) released data on purchases made with state welfare benefits that he claimed exposed abuse , but they only add up to less than a percent of all benefit transactions .
The data show that there were more than 3,000 transactions at bars , sports bars , and strip clubs made with EB... | On Tuesday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) released data on purchases made with state welfare benefits that he claimed exposed abuse, but they only add up to less than a percent of all benefit transactions.
The data show that there were more than 3,000 transactions at bars, sports bars, and strip clubs made with EBT (elec... | www.thinkprogress.org | left | En0rFNvtxGWtG91q | |
justice_department | The Guardian | 0 | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/nsa-gchq-smartphone-app-angry-birds-personal-data | NSA and GCHQ target 'leaky' phone apps like Angry Birds to scoop user data | 2014-01-27 | James Ball | • US and UK spy agencies piggyback on commercial data • Details can include age , location and sexual orientation • Documents also reveal targeted tools against individual phones
The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities to take advantage of `` leaky '' smartphone apps ,... | • US and UK spy agencies piggyback on commercial data • Details can include age, location and sexual orientation • Documents also reveal targeted tools against individual phones
The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities to take advantage of "leaky" smartphone apps, such... | www.theguardian.com | left | A3OlwGHq8Jf2MUfX |
healthcare | CNN (Web News) | 0 | http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/politics/house-gop-sue-the-president-over-obamacare/index.html?hpt=po_c1 | Boehner: House GOP files Obamacare suit | 2014-11-21 | Deirdre Walsh, Dana Bash | Story highlights Boehner announced Friday his plans to sue the President over his health care law
The news came right after Boehner criticized President Barack Obama 's immigration plans
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday he has sued the Obama Administration in federal court over its decisions to make changes to th... | Story highlights Boehner announced Friday his plans to sue the President over his health care law
The news came right after Boehner criticized President Barack Obama's immigration plans
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday he has sued the Obama Administration in federal court over its decisions to make changes to t... | www.cnn.com | left | a68faOzwzKYbfNpf |
healthcare | CNN (Web News) | 0 | http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/politics/health-care-issues/index.html | Health care's big four issues: What the justices are tackling | 2012-06-17 | Bill Mears | Story highlights The court could use an obscure act to sidestep the decision until after the election
Three federal appeals courts have upheld the mandate ; one has rejected it as unconstitutional
The Supreme Court in coming days will issue perhaps as many as four separate opinions on the constitutionality of the healt... | Story highlights The court could use an obscure act to sidestep the decision until after the election
The key issue is the individual mandate
Three federal appeals courts have upheld the mandate; one has rejected it as unconstitutional
The Supreme Court in coming days will issue perhaps as many as four separate opin... | www.cnn.com | left | MwYgYPMmcP5MtpZW |
politics | Slate | 0 | http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/12/barack_obama_s_final_2014_press_conference_the_president_appears_to_be_enjoying.html | Fast and Loose | 2014-12-19 | John Dickerson | President Obama has a more than 11-hour flight ahead of him to Hawaii , but at his press conference on Friday it felt like he was already on vacation . He was loose as he joked with a Politico reporter about the magazine ’ s new Brussels ’ bureau , admitted to another he ’ d forgotten the back half of her list of quest... | President Obama speaks to members of the media during his final press conference of the year at the White House on Dec. 19, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
President Obama has a more than 11-hour flight ahead of him to Hawaii, but at his press conference on Friday it felt like he was a... | www.slate.com | left | owBR4Y2EbKxqJ2jW |
culture | Yahoo! News | 0 | https://news.yahoo.com/jussie-smollett-case-151348229.html | Jussie Smollett case: Hate crime or hoax? | 2019-02-19 | Lauren Johnston | The 360 is a feature designed to show you diverse perspectives on the day ’ s top stories .
Who : “ Empire ” actor Jussie Smollett , two brothers questioned in his attack , the Chicago police and the rapt public following every beat of this strange case as it continues to unravel .
What : Smollett , who is black and ga... | The 360 is a feature designed to show you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories.
Speed Read
Who: “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, two brothers questioned in his attack, the Chicago police and the rapt public following every beat of this strange case as it continues to unravel.
What: Smollett, who is black a... | www.news.yahoo.com | left | I9BOVyX6ET38Qc5S |
white_house | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/10/report-obama-administration-most-secretive-nixon/ | Report: Obama administration most secretive since Nixon | 2013-10-10 | Ben Wolfgang | The Obama White House ’ s war against leaks , and its penchant for secrecy and noted lack of transparency , are the worst “ since the Nixon administration , ” according to a major new study that relied on interviews from leading Washington reporters and news organization chiefs .
The report , released Thursday by the C... | The Obama White House’s war against leaks, and its penchant for secrecy and noted lack of transparency, are the worst “since the Nixon administration,” according to a major new study that relied on interviews from leading Washington reporters and news organization chiefs.
The report, released Thursday by the Committee... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | mPYP8HfgUkHitqa2 |
isis | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2017/0414/ISIS-fighters-but-no-civilians-killed-in-Afghanistan-bombing | ISIS fighters, but no civilians, killed in Afghanistan bombing | 2017-04-14 | Amir Shah | The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties , Afghanistan officials said Friday .
The attack was carried out in a remote mountainous area of Nangarhar province... | The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday.
The attack was carried out in a remote mountainous area of Nangarhar province ... | www.csmonitor.com | center | ODZ7ZVn62VIkdEH0 |
politics | CNN (Web News) | 0 | http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/politics/christie-hoboken-mayor-zimmer-accusations/index.html | Mayor behind Christie allegations full of contradictions | 2014-02-03 | Chris Frates, Cnn Investigative Reporter | Story highlights Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer 's allegations against Christie have evolved
Each time Zimmer told her story , the number of people implicated grew
Documents contradict Zimmer 's account of meeting with Sandy funds point man
Zimmer is accused of same tactics she is now alleging against Christie
The Democrati... | Story highlights Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer's allegations against Christie have evolved
Each time Zimmer told her story, the number of people implicated grew
Documents contradict Zimmer's account of meeting with Sandy funds point man
Zimmer is accused of same tactics she is now alleging against Christie
The Democrat... | www.cnn.com | left | XJWJmNZHhyhBVMs0 |
polarization | Vox | 0 | https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/30/13765248/donald-trump-race-priming-political-science | Donald Trump has every reason to keep white people thinking about race | 2016-11-30 | Dylan Matthews, Tara Golshan, Alex Ward, Nicole Narea, Emily Todd Vanderwerff, David Roberts, Ella Nilsen | That is White House chief strategist Steve Bannon ’ s deepest wish about the Democratic party , according to an interview with The American Prospect ’ s Robert Kuttner .
“ If the left is focused on race and identity , and we go with economic nationalism , we can crush the Democrats . ”
It ’ s a bit hard to interpret wh... | "I want them to talk about racism every day."
That is White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s deepest wish about the Democratic party, according to an interview with The American Prospect’s Robert Kuttner.
“If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrat... | www.vox.com | left | wKPLSBqoDEg8cMns |
politics | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/manafort-trump-russia-advise-238803 | Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal | 2017-05-25 | Paul Demko, Kenneth P. Vogel, Bill Scher | Months after the FBI began examining Paul Manafort as part of a probe into ties between President Donald Trump ’ s team and Russia , Manafort called Trump ’ s chief of staff , Reince Priebus , to push back against the mounting controversy , according to four people familiar with the call .
It was about a week before Tr... | Months after the FBI began examining Paul Manafort as part of a probe into ties between President Donald Trump’s team and Russia, Manafort called Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to push back against the mounting controversy, according to four people familiar with the call.
It was about a week before Trump’s in... | www.politico.com | left | hj8EWVP8JQC1qIT6 |
national_security | Vox | 0 | https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15761756/comey-testimony-senate-hearing-trump | 3 winners and 3 losers from James Comey's testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee | 2017-06-08 | Dara Lind, Rebecca Jennings, Hannah Brown, Lauren Katz, Theodore Schleifer, Li Zhou, Sean Collins | The nature of the events that led ex-FBI Director James Comey to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday are extraordinary . Comey ’ s testimony of his version of events was even more so .
Starting with Comey ’ s sudden firing on May 9 , events have been unfolding since then , with near-dail... | It was political theater of the best kind.
The nature of the events that led ex-FBI Director James Comey to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday are extraordinary. Comey’s testimony of his version of events was even more so.
Starting with Comey’s sudden firing on May 9, events have been... | www.vox.com | left | oPSjwo1MLkLd3zaP |
white_house | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/9/allard-duty-reveals-dereliction-at-the-obama-white/ | ALLARD: ?Duty? reveals Obama?s dereliction | 2014-01-09 | Ken Allard | Though it has already been excerpted and sound-bitten to a fare-thee-well , there are several things to remember about “ Duty , ” the explosive memoir by former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hitting bookstores around the world next week .
First , all memoirs are self-serving . As a book reviewer for several publica... | ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Though it has already been excerpted and sound-bitten to a fare-thee-well, there are several things to remember about “Duty,” the explosive memoir by former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hitting bookstores around the world next week.
First, all memoirs are self-serving. As a book reviewer for se... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | dIQwyOm980qN9RQQ |
criminal_justice | The Guardian | 0 | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/10/roger-stone-trump-commutes-sentence-analysis | Roger Stone: Trump proves his love for 'law and order' doesn't apply to friends | 2020-07-10 | David Smith | The law and order president has decided that a convicted criminal should not go to prison .
It may be mere coincidence that Roger Stone is an old friend and fellow resident of Florida with a shared crush on Richard Nixon .
Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone , longtime friend and adviser Read more
It may also be mer... | The law and order president has decided that a convicted criminal should not go to prison.
It may be mere coincidence that Roger Stone is an old friend and fellow resident of Florida with a shared crush on Richard Nixon.
Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone, longtime friend and adviser Read more
It may also be mer... | www.theguardian.com | left | GQtJGa6Jt9WQbd2h |
mexico | USA TODAY | 1 | http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/31/trump-mexico-insults-campaign/89641554/ | Despite the last-minute meeting, Mexico likely won't forget Trump's insults | 2016-08-31 | So Donald Trump is going south of the border on Wednesday , hours before he is scheduled to give his `` major '' speech on how he will take on illegal immigration . At least that 's what Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said .
It 's hard to foresee what could come of the meeting between Mexico 's head of state and ... | Steph Solis
USA TODAY
So Donald Trump is going south of the border on Wednesday, hours before he is scheduled to give his "major" speech on how he will take on illegal immigration. At least that's what Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said.
It's hard to foresee what could come of the meeting between Mexico's hea... | www.usatoday.com | center | ecajBcsTRRaZoF1H | |
animal_welfare | American Spectator | 2 | https://spectator.org/rat-story-is-a-california-allegory/ | Rat Story Is a California Allegory | Steven Greenhut, Patricia Mahon, William Murchison, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Debra J. Saunders, Melissa Mackenzie | It was one of the most absurd stories of California ’ s lunacy . In the midst of one of the worst droughts in the state ’ s history , state and federal wildlife officials were depleting a large reservoir in the Sierra foothills to save ( by increasing river flows ) a handful of hatchery-born fish that had virtually zer... | Sacramento
It was one of the most absurd stories of California’s lunacy. In the midst of one of the worst droughts in the state’s history, state and federal wildlife officials were depleting a large reservoir in the Sierra foothills to save (by increasing river flows) a handful of hatchery-born fish that had virtually... | www.spectator.org | right | Yn3VxBbnIHAd86Pq | |
politics | Daily Mail | 2 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8248717/Bin-Laden-wanted-kill-Obama-thought-Joe-Biden-totally-unprepared-president.html | Bin Laden wanted to kill Obama because he thought Joe Biden was totally unprepared to be president | 2020-04-23 | Milly Vincent | Osama bin Laden planned to assassinate President Barack Obama to unsteady the United States by putting 'totally unprepared ' Joe Biden in charge .
Declassified documents seized from Bin Laden 's Pakistan compound as he was killed in May 2011 reveal his plans to throw the U.S. 'into a crisis ' by killing Obama while he ... | Osama bin Laden planned to assassinate President Barack Obama to unsteady the United States by putting 'totally unprepared' Joe Biden in charge.
Declassified documents seized from Bin Laden's Pakistan compound as he was killed in May 2011 reveal his plans to throw the U.S. 'into a crisis' by killing Obama while he tra... | www.dailymail.co.uk | right | CO0BNaejAaEkzUSA |
banking_and_finance | Reuters | 1 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-st-opens-lower-as-recession-signals-grow-idUSKCN1V4172 | Wall St. opens lower as recession signals grow | 2019-08-14 | Stephen Culp | NEW YORK ( ███ ) - Wall Street sold off sharply on Wednesday as recession fears gripped the market after the U.S. Treasury yield curve temporarily inverted for the first time in 12 years .
All three major U.S. indexes closed down about 3 % , with the blue-chip Dow posting its biggest one-day point drop since October af... | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street sold off sharply on Wednesday as recession fears gripped the market after the U.S. Treasury yield curve temporarily inverted for the first time in 12 years.
All three major U.S. indexes closed down about 3%, with the blue-chip Dow posting its biggest one-day point drop since October af... | www.reuters.com | center | f3fZxESLozIBhcE4 |
elections | Fox News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/15/sparks-fly-over-wages-wall-street-and-war-at-heated-clinton-sanders-debate.html | Sparks fly over wages, Wall Street and war at heated Clinton-Sanders debate | 2016-04-15 | Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shelved the niceties and went right after each other ’ s perceived weak spots at a must-win Democratic primary debate Thursday night where the front-runner challenged her rival ’ s grasp of complex policy issues – and the insurgent senator hammered her as a Wall Street pal just now ta... | Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shelved the niceties and went right after each other’s perceived weak spots at a must-win Democratic primary debate Thursday night where the front-runner challenged her rival’s grasp of complex policy issues – and the insurgent senator hammered her as a Wall Street pal just now talkin... | www.foxnews.com | right | oCm4b4VwZ5Swmeru | |
national_security | Politico | 0 | https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/15/trump-pulls-security-clearance-of-ex-cia-director-brennan-778791 | Trump pulls security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan | 2018-08-15 | Rebecca Morin, Annie Karni, Burgess Everett | Trump pulls security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan ‘ Mr . Brennan ’ s lying and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with access to the nation ’ s most closely held secrets . ’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of former CIA... | Trump pulls security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan ‘Mr. Brennan’s lying and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with access to the nation’s most closely held secrets.’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of former CIA Direct... | www.politico.com | left | e7msNqSwMO2KUHCz |
republican_party | Fox Online News | 2 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/eric-early-adam-schiffs-2020-republican-challenger | Adam Schiff's 2020 Republican challenger vows to propel 'the viper into retirement' | Hollie Mckay, War Crimes | He ’ s an unabashedly proud , MAGA hat-toting attorney in the left-leaning throngs of Los Angeles . And he has high hopes of removing Rep. Adam Schiff from his seat in California ’ s 28th congressional district in 2020 .
Meet Eric Early , Schiff ’ s leading Republican challenger , who minces no words when it comes to h... | He’s an unabashedly proud, MAGA hat-toting attorney in the left-leaning throngs of Los Angeles. And he has high hopes of removing Rep. Adam Schiff from his seat in California’s 28th congressional district in 2020.
Meet Eric Early, Schiff’s leading Republican challenger, who minces no words when it comes to his desire ... | www.foxnews.com | right | 4Kra7Zzr9dZpI23X | |
world | Al Jazeera | 0 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/gunman-fires-anti-caa-protest-rally-delhi-witness-200130090019293.html | Gunman fires at anti-CAA protest rally in Delhi | A gunman has fired at a protest rally against India 's new citizenship law near the Jamia Millia Islamia ( JMI ) university in capital New Delhi , witnesses and officials said .
The alleged assailant , identified by the police as a 17-year-old teenager , brandished a single-barrel weapon and shouted slogans against the... | A gunman has fired at a protest rally against India's new citizenship law near the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university in capital New Delhi, witnesses and officials said.
The alleged assailant, identified by the police as a 17-year-old teenager, brandished a single-barrel weapon and shouted slogans against the prote... | www.aljazeera.com | left | HEWqIdTapXQdH4rT | ||
economic_policy | Reason | 2 | https://reason.com/archives/2017/04/21/trumps-buy-american-hire-american-policy | Trump's 'Buy American. Hire American' Policy Is Dangerous Nonsense | 2017-04-21 | David Harsanyi, Brian Doherty, Ronald Bailey, Eric Boehm, Billy Binion, Christian Britschgi, Joe Setyon, Zuri Davis | `` We do n't have a level playing field for our workers , '' President Donald Trump told a group of workers in Kenosha , Wisc. , on Tuesday . Truth is , if we were to ever level the playing field with countries like Mexico and China , the average American worker would be making $ 3 an hour and spending their pittance o... | "We don't have a level playing field for our workers," President Donald Trump told a group of workers in Kenosha, Wisc., on Tuesday. Truth is, if we were to ever level the playing field with countries like Mexico and China, the average American worker would be making $3 an hour and spending their pittance on third-worl... | www.reason.com | right | zMQFK6rD0HwueUWf |
politics | National Review | 2 | http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446122/fisagate-monitoring-trump-associates-was-spying-abuse-power | The Question Is Not Whether Trump Associates Were Monitored | 2017-03-27 | Andrew C. Mccarthy, John Mccormack, Michael Brendan Dougherty, Robert Verbruggen, Tobias Hoonhout, Rich Lowry, Carrie Severino | In light of how controversial the matter has become , it ’ s unfortunate to find so much uninformed commentary , especially in cable-TV land , about foreign intelligence collection and its so-called minimization protocols — particularly , the guidelines about revealing , or “ unmasking , ” the identities of Americans w... | Trump at a campaign stop in Tampa, Fla., October 2016. (Reuters photo: Jonathan Ernst)
It’s whether it was done abusively.
In light of how controversial the matter has become, it’s unfortunate to find so much uninformed commentary, especially in cable-TV land, about foreign intelligence collection and its so-called m... | www.nationalreview.com | right | NSaXfBkWZixjHpfD |
elections | USA TODAY | 1 | http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/29/harvard-millennial-survey/18111725/ | Harvard poll: Millennial voters get their swing back | 2014-10-29 | Susan Davis | WASHINGTON — Young voters were once one of the pillars of President Obama 's coalition , but the latest national survey of Millennials shows that young voters have soured on the president , are more likely to vote Republican in the midterm elections and are in play for 2016 .
`` In contrast to where we were four years ... | Immigrant youth leaders marched in Phoenix earlier this year to call on President Obama to end deportations. (Photo: CHERYL EVANS, Cheryl Evans/The Republic)
WASHINGTON — Young voters were once one of the pillars of President Obama's coalition, but the latest national survey of Millennials shows that young voters have... | www.usatoday.com | center | d6ariwYyClsa3OBS |
religion_and_faith | New York Post | 2 | http://nypost.com/2016/12/07/pope-francis-says-spreading-fake-news-is-a-sin/ | Pope Francis says spreading fake news is a sin | 2016-12-07 | Media that focus on scandals and spread fake news to smear politicians risk becoming like people who have a morbid fascination with excrement , Pope Francis said in an interview published on Wednesday .
Francis told the Belgian Catholic weekly Tertio that spreading disinformation was “ probably the greatest damage that... | Media that focus on scandals and spread fake news to smear politicians risk becoming like people who have a morbid fascination with excrement, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Francis told the Belgian Catholic weekly Tertio that spreading disinformation was “probably the greatest damage that t... | www.nypost.com | right | PEfclF9jg0uGUVYn | |
us_house | Associated Press | 1 | https://apnews.com/b8c17dc7ca74ca18c7edf7eb75b8db43 | House approves $1.5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure | 2020-07-01 | Matthew Daly | FILE - In this Jan. 29 , 2020 , file photo , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. , right , shows a note to Rep. Peter DeFazio , D-Ore. , during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington . The House has approved a $ 1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation ’ s crumbling infrastructure , pouring hundreds of billion... | FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, shows a note to Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House has approved a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars... | www.apnews.com | center | DU7YZg9Y6Ldk9Ku2 |
north_korea | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/22/463928126/n-korea-state-media-claim-it-has-u-s-student-in-custody | North Korea Claims It Has U.S. Student In Custody | 2016-01-22 | Elise Hu | North Korean state media said Friday that the country has detained a U.S. student from the University of Virginia for `` anti-republic activities . ''
The state-run agency , KCNA , said the student , Otto Frederick Warmbier , entered North Korea as a tourist but `` with a goal to wreck the foundation of state unity ...... | North Korea Claims It Has U.S. Student In Custody
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North Korean state media said Friday that the country has detained a U.S. student from the University of Virginia for "anti-republic activities."
The state-run agency, KCNA, said th... | www.npr.org | center | dTkoovsDupxpvmQl |
lgbt_rights | Fox News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/09/03/kentucky-clerk-am-prepared-to-go-to-jail.html?intcmp=hpbt4 | EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Clerk: I am prepared to go to jail | 2015-09-03 | Todd Starnes, Kim Davis | UPDATE : A federal judge has ordered a defiant Kentucky clerk to jail after she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples .
U.S. District Judge David Bunning told Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis she would be jailed until she complied with his order to issue the licenses . Davis said `` thank you '' before she was ... | UPDATE: A federal judge has ordered a defiant Kentucky clerk to jail after she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
U.S. District Judge David Bunning told Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis she would be jailed until she complied with his order to issue the licenses. Davis said "thank you" before she was led ou... | www.foxnews.com | right | tpX028czJDmkMRGR |
taxes | Townhall | 2 | http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/23/good-news-irs-pays-1-million-in-bonuses-to-employees-who-owe-back-taxes-n1828193 | Good News: IRS Pays $1 Million in Bonuses to Employees Who Owe Back Taxes | 2014-04-23 | Guy Benson, Katie Pavlich, "Cortney OBrien", Julio Rosas, Matt Vespa | Americans have no shortage of reasons to resent the Internal Revenue Service . The agency is responsible for confiscating an annual percentage of each citizen 's earned wealth on behalf of the state ( and it 's never a bad time to reiterate this point about `` fair shares '' ) . It is now tasked with enforcing Obamacar... |
Americans have no shortage of reasons to resent the Internal Revenue Service. The agency is responsible for confiscating an annual percentage of each citizen's earned wealth on behalf of the state (and it's never a bad time to reiterate this point about "fair shares"). It is now tasked with enforcing Obamacare's hate... | www.townhall.com | right | YHoBavj6KqKcE0OW |
sexual_misconduct | Fox Online News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/27/pelosi-faces-backlash-for-questioning-conyers-accusers.html | Pelosi faces backlash for questioning Conyers accusers | 2017-11-27 | Brooke Singman | House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is facing a backlash for defending Rep. John Conyers and even questioning those accusing him of sexual harassment during a Sunday interview .
Pelosi , D-Calif. , touted Conyers , D-Mich. , on NBC ’ s “ Meet the Press ” as an American icon .
“ John Conyers is an icon in our country ,... | House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is facing a backlash for defending Rep. John Conyers and even questioning those accusing him of sexual harassment during a Sunday interview.
Pelosi, D-Calif., touted Conyers, D-Mich., on NBC’s “Meet the Press” as an American icon.
“John Conyers is an icon in our country,” she said... | www.foxnews.com | right | 7o2Y0dCAlA6ONzmb |
white_house | The Guardian | 0 | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/18/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-donald-trump-antisemitism | Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner face pressure to speak out on antisemitism | 2017-08-18 | David Smith | The Jewish couple have kept quiet since president ’ s defence of antisemitic protesters . Asks a rabbi : ‘ Who knows if this is what will set people over the edge ? ’
Ivanka Trump and her husband , Jared Kushner , are facing a potentially awkward reception from Washington ’ s Jewish community after Donald Trump ’ s ast... | The Jewish couple have kept quiet since president’s defence of antisemitic protesters. Asks a rabbi: ‘Who knows if this is what will set people over the edge?’
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, are facing a potentially awkward reception from Washington’s Jewish community after Donald Trump’s astonishing def... | www.theguardian.com | left | iSEQ2dxhRTFRyvpe |
immigration | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/15/democrats-shift-radically-on-illegal-immigration-a/ | Democrats shift radically on illegal immigration as Republicans remain adamantly opposed | 2015-09-15 | Stephen Dinan | Democrats have become far more open to legalizing illegal immigrants over the last decade , while Republicans remain adamantly opposed , according to extensive new polling by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that helps explain the rise of businessman Donald Trump within the GOP presidential field and the dim hopes... | Democrats have become far more open to legalizing illegal immigrants over the last decade, while Republicans remain adamantly opposed, according to extensive new polling by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that helps explain the rise of businessman Donald Trump within the GOP presidential field and the dim hopes f... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | 7pfaWSl0mnSorEOQ |
civil_rights | NPR Online News | 1 | http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/28/495488716/bias-isnt-just-a-police-problem-its-a-preschool-problem | Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem Listen· 4:33 | 2016-09-28 | Cory Turner | Bias Is n't Just A Police Problem , It 's A Preschool Problem
Late one night , a man searches for something in a parking lot . On his hands and knees , he crawls around a bright circle of light created by a streetlamp overhead .
`` Oh , no . I dropped them way over there , '' he says , gesturing vaguely to some faraway... | Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem
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Late one night, a man searches for something in a parking lot. On his hands and knees, he crawls around a bright circle of light created by a streetlamp overhead.
A woman passes... | www.npr.org | center | rkbWOWDOFbgKM7pr |
elections | NPR Online News | 1 | http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/09/12/161032255/obamas-post-charlotte-bounce-may-owe-more-to-tv-ads-than-convention | Obama's Post-Charlotte Bounce May Owe More To TV Ads Than Convention | 2012-09-12 | Peter Over | Obama 's Post-Charlotte Bounce May Owe More To TV Ads Than Convention
It 's become conventional wisdom that President Obama 's new lead in the polls is a bounce , coming out of the Democratic convention in Charlotte , N.C .
But an analysis from the Wesleyan Media Project suggests that the bounce might be due to TV ads ... | Obama's Post-Charlotte Bounce May Owe More To TV Ads Than Convention
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It's become conventional wisdom that President Obama's new lead in the polls is a bounce, coming out of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C.
But an analysis fro... | www.npr.org | center | o3c6bBDdflVzVEdc |
treasury | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/lois-lerner-retires-irs-97217.html?hp=l1 | Lois Lerner retires from IRS | 2013-09-23 | Lauren French | Lerner retired from the agency effective Monday . Lerner still Hill 's favorite piñata
Lois Lerner is the political piñata that Congress still loves to whack months after she awkwardly acknowledged that the IRS wrongly scrutinized conservative groups for years .
Her sudden retirement on Monday after 12 years at the age... | Lerner retired from the agency effective Monday. Lerner still Hill's favorite piñata
Lois Lerner is the political piñata that Congress still loves to whack months after she awkwardly acknowledged that the IRS wrongly scrutinized conservative groups for years.
Her sudden retirement on Monday after 12 years at the agen... | www.politico.com | left | 6cW7YODGLTwTA65w |
white_house | Newsmax | 2 | http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Obama-sequester-looming-idea/2013/02/18/id/490832 | Obama Ends Golf Trip Just 10 Days Before His Sequester Slashes Military | 2013-02-18 | Sandy Fitzgerald | President Barack Obama returned to Washington on Monday after a three-day Florida golfing trip with time running out to find ways to avoid his own brainchild plan of $ 1 trillion in across-the-board cuts.The looming sequester , which Obama thought up , despite him now labeling it a `` really bad idea '' is set to kick ... | Declassified:
‘Financial War’ Could Wipe Out 50% of Your Wealth
Declassified:
‘Financial War’ Could Wipe Out 50% of Your Wealth
President Barack Obama returned to Washington on Monday after a three-day Florida golfing trip with time running out to find ways to avoid his own brainchild plan of $1 trillion in across-... | www.newsmax.com | right | lx0mGMWu01kBiygN |
violence_in_america | Reason | 2 | https://reason.com/archives/2018/08/13/the-truth-behind-chicagos-violence | The Truth Behind Chicago's Violence | 2018-08-13 | Steve Chapman, Zuri Davis, Christian Britschgi, Josh Blackman, Cosmo Wenman, Joe Setyon | The bloodletting in Chicago last weekend , with 74 people shot , 12 fatally , was enough to horrify even locals , who are relatively inured to chronic slaughter at the hands of gun-wielding felons . `` Unbelievable , '' said state Rep. La Shawn Ford , a black Chicago Democrat who went so far as to call on President Don... | The bloodletting in Chicago last weekend, with 74 people shot, 12 fatally, was enough to horrify even locals, who are relatively inured to chronic slaughter at the hands of gun-wielding felons. "Unbelievable," said state Rep. La Shawn Ford, a black Chicago Democrat who went so far as to call on President Donald Trump f... | www.reason.com | right | SpxglTbufqXzy3AF |
healthcare | Guest Writer | 1 | http://theweek.com/articles/707712/gops-better-care-act-better-than-think | The GOP's 'Better Care' act is better than you think | 2017-06-27 | Erica Grieder, Catherine Garcia, Joel Mathis, "Tim ODonnell" | There 's a lot to like about the Better Care Reconciliation Act , the health-care bill unveiled last week by Senate Republicans . As drafted , the proposal preserves the most worthy features of the Affordable Care Act while addressing some of its key flaws .
Many critics on the right ( like Rand Paul and Americans for ... | ADVERTISEMENT
There's a lot to like about the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the health-care bill unveiled last week by Senate Republicans. As drafted, the proposal preserves the most worthy features of the Affordable Care Act while addressing some of its key flaws.
This is, apparently, a controversial opinion.
Man... | www.theweek.com | center | cmeBQK8wPidiggFl |
sports | MarketWatch | 2 | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/15-women-accuse-washingtons-nfl-team-of-rampant-sexual-harassment-in-front-office-report-2020-07-16?mod=home-page | 15 women accuse Washington’s NFL team of rampant sexual harassment in front office: report | 2020-07-16 | Mike Murphy | “ “ I have never been in a more hostile , manipulative , passive-aggressive environment … and I worked in politics . ” ”
That ’ s Julia Payne , a former vice president of communications with Washington , D.C. ’ s , NFL team , quoted in a Washington Post report late Thursday describing a “ nightmare ” workplace for wome... | “ “I have never been in a more hostile, manipulative, passive-aggressive environment … and I worked in politics.” ”
That’s Julia Payne, a former vice president of communications with Washington, D.C.’s, NFL team, quoted in a Washington Post report late Thursday describing a “nightmare” workplace for women amid a team ... | www.marketwatch.com | right | rakCpFlyge4j1jn7 |
healthcare | New York Times - News | 0 | http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/03/us/politics/obama-administration-to-delay-health-law-requirement-until-2015.html?ref=us | Crucial Rule Is Delayed a Year for Obama's Health Law | 2013-07-03 | Jackie Calmes, Robert Pear | Under the provision to set up state-based marketplaces , subsidies are supposed to be available to many lower- and middle-income people who do not have access to coverage from employers or other sources . It may be difficult , however , for officials running the exchanges to know who is entitled to subsidies if employe... | Under the provision to set up state-based marketplaces, subsidies are supposed to be available to many lower- and middle-income people who do not have access to coverage from employers or other sources. It may be difficult, however, for officials running the exchanges to know who is entitled to subsidies if employers d... | www.nytimes.com | left | ZePkgk49PMd97fZ5 |
violence_in_america | Fox Online News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html | Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live | 2017-01-05 | Hate crime and aggravated battery charges were filed Thursday against four African American suspects who police say tortured a mentally challenged white man for as long as 48 hours , while shouting racial and anti-Donald Trump slurs -- and part of the attack was streamed on Facebook Live .
`` Let me be very clear : The... | Hate crime and aggravated battery charges were filed Thursday against four African American suspects who police say tortured a mentally challenged white man for as long as 48 hours, while shouting racial and anti-Donald Trump slurs -- and part of the attack was streamed on Facebook Live.
"Let me be very clear: The act... | www.foxnews.com | right | Yub2IhDh8HHDxyT2 | |
lgbt_rights | USA TODAY | 1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/12/19/j-k-rowling-transgender-comments-maya-forstater-glaad-response/2701579001/ | J.K. Rowling sparks controversy for transgender comments; GLAAD responds | 2019-12-19 | The `` Harry Potter '' author has come under fire for tweeting a message of support Thursday for Maya Forstater , a researcher who lost her job at a think tank for stating that people can not change their biological sex .
`` Dress however you please , '' Rowling wrote . `` Call yourself whatever you like . Sleep with a... | USA TODAY
J.K. Rowling has cast a spell of controversy.
The "Harry Potter" author has come under fire for tweeting a message of support Thursday for Maya Forstater, a researcher who lost her job at a think tank for stating that people cannot change their biological sex.
"Dress however you please," Rowling wrote. "Ca... | www.usatoday.com | center | 6JBks55LyuNfJFQa | |
us_senate | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/22/senate-obamacare-repeal-republicans-secrets-239837 | Senate GOP to bring Obamacare repeal bill out of the shadows | 2017-06-22 | Adam Cancryn, Burgess Everett, Adriel Bettelheim | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is still short the 50 votes he needs to pass the bill , with several senators saying they ’ re withholding their support until they see final legislation . | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate GOP reveals Obamacare repeal bill but still lacks the votes After weeks of work behind closed... | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is still short the 50 votes he needs to pass the bill, with several senators saying they’re withholding their support until they see final legislation. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate GOP reveals Obamacare repeal bill but still lacks the votes After weeks of work behind closed doo... | www.politico.com | left | OMkE1W5crxltx89b |
immigration | The Week - News | 1 | http://theweek.com/article/index/272850/obama-immigration-and-the-southern-strategy-in-reverse | Obama, immigration, and the 'Southern Strategy in reverse' | 2014-12-02 | Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Damon Linker, Joel Mathis, Jeva Lange | President Obama 's executive action on immigration is , as The Atlantic 's Conor Friedersdorf so pithily put it , `` the right thing in the wrong way . ''
Granting a broad amnesty to illegal immigrants in the U.S. is good policy , and the just thing to do . I have tremendous respect for the perspective of my fellow con... | ADVERTISEMENT
President Obama's executive action on immigration is, as The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf so pithily put it, "the right thing in the wrong way."
Granting a broad amnesty to illegal immigrants in the U.S. is good policy, and the just thing to do. I have tremendous respect for the perspective of my fello... | www.theweek.com | center | 2KbJS8ENo0hxf1Q2 |
justice_department | Wall Street Journal - News | 1 | https://www.wsj.com/articles/doj-report-on-clinton-email-probe-1528935441?mod=article_inline | DOJ Clinton Report Blasts Comey, Agents, but Finds No Bias in Conclusion | Del Quentin Wilber, Aruna Viswanatha, Sadie Gurman, Del.Wilber Wsj.Com, Aruna.Viswanatha Wsj.Com, Sadie.Gurman Wsj.Com | A long-awaited watchdog report provided a sweeping and detailed rebuke of actions taken by former FBI Director James Comey to publicize details about the politically charged investigation into Hillary Clinton ’ s use of a private email server , but found no evidence that the probe was affected by bias or other politica... | A long-awaited watchdog report provided a sweeping and detailed rebuke of actions taken by former FBI Director James Comey to publicize details about the politically charged investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, but found no evidence that the probe was affected by bias or other political c... | www.wsj.com | center | RlXtIPtw52T2lSoo | |
agriculture | Salon | 0 | http://www.salon.com/2013/12/04/gop_debunked_on_food_stamps_everything_they_say_about_snap_is_wrong/ | GOP debunked on food stamps: Everything they say about SNAP is wrong | 2013-12-04 | Paul Rosenberg | Hilary Hoynes is a University of California at Berkeley economist who wrote a particularly notable paper last year . Instead of increasing dependency , as conservative critics have repeatedly claimed , Hoyen 's paper showed that , for women at least , food stamp use during pregnancy and early childhood has exactly the ... | Hilary Hoynes is a University of California at Berkeley economist who wrote a particularly notable paper last year. Instead of increasing dependency, as conservative critics have repeatedly claimed, Hoyen's paper showed that, for women at least, food stamp use during pregnancy and early childhood has exactly the opposi... | www.salon.com | left | hi5g1JP46cCbd1E1 |
education | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | http://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2016/1207/What-might-school-choice-look-like-under-Trump | What might school choice look like under Trump? | 2016-12-07 | Stacy Teicher Khadaroo | Supporters of charter schools , vouchers , and other forms of school choice anticipate a friendlier climate with President-elect Donald Trump ’ s selection of school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos to serve as secretary of Education .
Q : In what ways can the government support school choice ?
Vouchers offer a portion of p... | Supporters of charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of school choice anticipate a friendlier climate with President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos to serve as secretary of Education.
Q: In what ways can the government support school choice?
Vouchers offer a portion of public... | www.csmonitor.com | center | Q3SPMEkJfYGfOPkU |
elections | NPR Online News | 1 | https://www.npr.org/2018/09/22/650682305/surprisingly-close-texas-senate-race-sparks-testy-debate-for-cruz-orourke | Surprisingly Close Texas Senate Race Sparks Testy Debate For Cruz, O'Rourke | 2018-09-22 | Rachel Osier Lindley | Surprisingly Close Texas Senate Race Sparks Testy Debate For Cruz , O'Rourke
It was more duel than debate Friday night in Dallas as Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke went after each other from the start . Snappy and heavy on snark , Cruz and O'Rourke held nothing back in the first of... | Surprisingly Close Texas Senate Race Sparks Testy Debate For Cruz, O'Rourke
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It was more duel than debate Friday night in Dallas as Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke went after each other from the ... | www.npr.org | center | SKuQt0MBHfAnBZOI |
veterans_affairs | Newsmax | 2 | http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/veteran-disability-payment-triple/2014/11/01/id/604579/ | 60,000 Veterans Get Triple Benefits | 2014-11-01 | Matthew Daly | Nearly 60,000 veterans were triple dippers last year , drawing a total of $ 3.5 billion in military retirement pay plus veterans and Social Security disability benefits at the same time , congressional auditors report .
The average payment was about $ 59,000 , but about 2,300 veterans , or 4 percent of the total , rece... | Nearly 60,000 veterans were triple dippers last year, drawing a total of $3.5 billion in military retirement pay plus veterans and Social Security disability benefits at the same time, congressional auditors report.
It's all legal.
The average payment was about $59,000, but about 2,300 veterans, or 4 percent of the t... | www.newsmax.com | right | 4hjK9UwoNaFMQO8S |
politics | Damon Linker | 0 | http://theweek.com/articles/588466/why-arent-conservative-intellectuals-disgusted-gop | OPINION: Why aren't conservative intellectuals disgusted with the GOP? | 2015-11-13 | Joel Mathis, Matthew Walther, Kathryn Krawczyk | Partisan liberals might consider it an oxymoron , but there is such a thing as a conservative intellectual . Indeed , I used to be one .
Though I 've moved away from the right since those days , I maintain many friendships with highly educated , impressively smart conservatives . Their number is many , their intellects... | ADVERTISEMENT
Partisan liberals might consider it an oxymoron, but there is such a thing as a conservative intellectual. Indeed, I used to be one.
Though I've moved away from the right since those days, I maintain many friendships with highly educated, impressively smart conservatives. Their number is many, their int... | www.theweek.com | left | Bcs9md85feCcCq79 |
elections | Salon | 0 | http://www.salon.com/2016/10/24/donald-trumps-collapse-was-caused-by-one-big-factor-hillary-clinton/ | Donald Trump’s collapse was caused by one big factor: Hillary Clinton | 2016-10-24 | Heather Digparton | The latest polls are looking good for Hillary Clinton and increasingly so for Democrats further down on the ballot . The ABC tracking poll , which Nate Silver designates as A plus , was released on Sunday , showing Clinton with a 12-point lead over Trump . That 's a bigger lead than in most other polls but the averages... | The latest polls are looking good for Hillary Clinton and increasingly so for Democrats further down on the ballot. The ABC tracking poll, which Nate Silver designates as A plus, was released on Sunday, showing Clinton with a 12-point lead over Trump. That's a bigger lead than in most other polls but the averages acros... | www.salon.com | left | wOGsnKoAHAZIoPIw |
impeachment | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2019/0611/After-promising-start-Kamala-Harris-looks-for-ways-to-break-through | After promising start, Kamala Harris looks for ways to break through | 2019-06-11 | Francine Kiefer | “ I think Kamala Harris will compete well . But a lot will depend on whether Democrats think it ’ s less risky to nominate an old white guy instead of a younger woman of color , ” says Dianne Bystrom , a longtime observer of presidential campaigns and women in politics . “ It may come down to that . ”
The California se... | “I think Kamala Harris will compete well. But a lot will depend on whether Democrats think it’s less risky to nominate an old white guy instead of a younger woman of color,” says Dianne Bystrom, a longtime observer of presidential campaigns and women in politics. “It may come down to that.”
The California senator’s st... | www.csmonitor.com | center | N58QkpheBKrtUY1v |
gun_control_and_gun_rights | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jun/20/sen-joe-manchin-wide-open-finding-comfort-level-gu/ | Gun control: Good for law-abiding Americans, bad for the 'insane,' Manchin says | 2013-06-20 | Sen. Joe Manchin III , West Virginia Democrat , said Thursday he is “ wide open ” to helping accommodate senators wary about his efforts to pass gun-purchase background check legislation , but that he ’ s not going to create any holes .
“ I ’ m not going to create any holes on background checks ; I think we need to str... | Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, said Thursday he is “wide open” to helping accommodate senators wary about his efforts to pass gun-purchase background check legislation, but that he’s not going to create any holes.
“I’m not going to create any holes on background checks; I think we need to strengthen our... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | 6ZdPeNqgvZ9FD4FV | |
terrorism | NPR Online News | 1 | http://www.npr.org/2015/12/21/460281332/obama-makes-no-apologies-for-fighting-isis-within-american-values | Obama Makes 'No Apologies' For Fighting ISIS Within 'American Values' | 2015-12-21 | Amita Kelly, President Obama | Obama Makes 'No Apologies ' For Fighting ISIS Within 'American Values '
Stressing that his administration has `` been at this for a long time , '' President Obama launched a forceful defense of his strategy against ISIS in a year-end interview with NPR . He makes `` no apologies , '' he said , for wanting to target ter... | Obama Makes 'No Apologies' For Fighting ISIS Within 'American Values'
Stressing that his administration has "been at this for a long time," President Obama launched a forceful defense of his strategy against ISIS in a year-end interview with NPR. He makes "no apologies," he said, for wanting to target terror groups "a... | www.npr.org | center | 4eVOYzUr3lQMvLmG |
gun_control_and_gun_rights | Washington Times | 2 | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/23/nra-chief-enforce-the-existing-gun-laws/ | NRA chief: Enforce the existing gun laws LaPier | 2012-12-23 | David Sherfinski | The National Rifle Association does not plan to support any new gun control measures in the wake of the shooting rampage in Newtown , Conn. , the head of the organization said Sunday , arguing that the government should vigorously enforce laws already on the books and reiterating the group ’ s push for more armed guard... | The National Rifle Association does not plan to support any new gun control measures in the wake of the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., the head of the organization said Sunday, arguing that the government should vigorously enforce laws already on the books and reiterating the group’s push for more armed guards in ... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | UJPdrQiRErMFXiMI |
national_security | The Hill | 1 | https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/435556-mueller-delivers-a-win-for-trump-five-takeaways | Mueller delivers a win for Trump — Five Takeaways | 2019-03-24 | There was relief for the White House and frustration for President Trump Donald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans ' votes MORE ’ s foes on Sunday when a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert ( Bob ) ... | There was relief for the White House and frustration for President Trump Donald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE’s foes on Sunday when a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) Swan ... | www.thehill.com | center | DiqrIyM2yQRzIKBq | |
fiscal_cliff | NPR Online News | 1 | http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/20/167688360/todays-plan-b-vote-part-of-posturing-or-a-push-over-the-fiscal-cliff | Today's 'Plan B' Vote: Part Of Posturing Or A Push Over The 'Fiscal Cliff?' | 2012-12-20 | Mark Memmott | Today 's 'Plan B ' Vote : Part Of Posturing Or A Push Over The 'Fiscal Cliff ? '
With the House set to vote this afternoon on Republicans ' `` Plan B '' for avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff , the questions that have been asked every day for weeks are being asked yet again , with added urgency :
Are we headed over th... | Today's 'Plan B' Vote: Part Of Posturing Or A Push Over The 'Fiscal Cliff?'
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With the House set to vote this afternoon on Republicans' "Plan B" for avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff, the questions that have been asked e... | www.npr.org | center | kUcg5HN0BqsUOcTk |
healthcare | Fox News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/24/crash-and-burn-lawmakers-grill-obamacare-website-contractors/ | 'System Is Working'? Contractors play down ObamaCare site problems, pass blame | 2013-10-24 | The finger-pointing was in full swing Thursday at a tense Capitol Hill hearing where the contractors behind the botched ObamaCare website defended their work and claimed the government failed to properly test the system before launch .
The contractors faced tough questioning from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle , ... | The finger-pointing was in full swing Thursday at a tense Capitol Hill hearing where the contractors behind the botched ObamaCare website defended their work and claimed the government failed to properly test the system before launch.
The contractors faced tough questioning from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, w... | www.foxnews.com | right | 7ogF6At1ZaDiYFq1 | |
defense | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/hagel-pick-final-snub-of-george-w-bush-85932.html?hp=t1 | Chuck Hagel pick: Final snub of George W. Bush | 2013-01-09 | Alexander Burns | The nomination of Hagel ( left ) may be Obama ’ s biggest shift from Bush 's national security tenets . Final snub of George W. Bush
The final insult to George W. Bush ’ s foreign policy may have come in the form of a Republican ex-senator from Nebraska .
Chuck Hagel ’ s nomination for secretary of defense has stirred ... | The nomination of Hagel (left) may be Obama’s biggest shift from Bush's national security tenets. Final snub of George W. Bush
The final insult to George W. Bush’s foreign policy may have come in the form of a Republican ex-senator from Nebraska.
Chuck Hagel’s nomination for secretary of defense has stirred oppositio... | www.politico.com | left | MonrtFxRfR987Vh2 |
politics | Guest Writer - Right | 2 | https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/06/03/socialism-is-not-democratic/ | OPINION: Socialism Is Not Democratic | 2019-06-03 | Rich Lowry, Joshua Muravchik, Jeffrey Tucker, Kevin D. Williamson, "John OSullivan", Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Andrew Stuttaford, Shawn Regan, Avik Roy | Back in 2011 , while covering Occupy Wall Street , I was accosted by a man wearing a large cardboard box . On this box , which he wore around his torso as might a child pretending to be a robot , he had scribbled down a theory that , at first glance , seemed more sophisticated than most that were on display . “ Hey , m... | Cuba, 2016 (Ioanna Sakellaraki/Barcroft Im/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Nor is it compatible with the Constitution
Back in 2011, while covering Occupy Wall Street, I was accosted by a man wearing a large cardboard box. On this box, which he wore around his torso as might a child pretending to be a robot, he had s... | www.nationalreview.com | right | jgCMnhAHzddTZaeu |
role_of_government | Reason | 2 | https://reason.com/reasontv/2017/08/28/libertarians-trust-government | Why Libertarians Should Want *More* Trust in Government | 2017-08-28 | Nick Gillespie, Todd Krainin, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Josh Blackman, Charles Oliver, John Stossel, Eric Boehm, Shikha Dalmia | According to Gallup and most other other polling organizations , Americans have record or near-record low rates of confidence in government .
Just 39 percent of us approved of Donald Trump 's performance in his second quarter as president , almost 25 points off the historical average . A mere 36 percent have a lot of f... | According to Gallup and most other other polling organizations, Americans have record or near-record low rates of confidence in government.
Just 39 percent of us approved of Donald Trump's performance in his second quarter as president, almost 25 points off the historical average. A mere 36 percent have a lot of faith... | www.reason.com | right | 28gLV8UTkRMyDGPA |
us_senate | CNN (Web News) | 0 | http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/politics/white-house-leaks/index.html | Congressional leaders to meet with intelligence chief on leaks | 2012-06-07 | Tom Cohen | Story highlights White House `` blatantly political '' on national security issues , McCain says
Congressional leaders seek to halt increasing leaks of classified information
The White House denies GOP allegations it authorized leaks for political gain
Congressional leaders agreed Thursday on the need for a full invest... | Story highlights White House "blatantly political" on national security issues, McCain says
U.S. attorney in Washington is investigating, Sen. Feinstein says
Congressional leaders seek to halt increasing leaks of classified information
The White House denies GOP allegations it authorized leaks for political gain
Co... | www.cnn.com | left | lqdgysk8a0etLHhs |
politics | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0121/Why-Bob-McDonnell-Virginia-s-ex-governor-was-indicted-video | Why Bob McDonnell, Virginia's ex-governor, was indicted (+video) | 2014-01-21 | David Ingram, Gary Robertson | Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife were indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury and charged with accepting bribes in the form of money and gifts from the chief executive of a dietary supplements maker .
An indictment with 14 counts was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Vir... | Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife were indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury and charged with accepting bribes in the form of money and gifts from the chief executive of a dietary supplements maker.
An indictment with 14 counts was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Vir... | www.csmonitor.com | center | iOMYLsNFqe4IBlo9 |
sexual_misconduct | BBC News | 1 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51389431 | Mass drug rape charges to be dropped against US surgeon and girlfriend | Charges against a California couple accused of sexually assaulting `` hundreds '' of women will be dropped due to lack of evidence , officials said .
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer accused his predecessor of mishandling the case and using it to aid his re-election bid .
In 2018 , prosecutors said they fou... | Image copyright Police handout Image caption Cerissa Riley and Grant Robicheaux had denied all the allegations
Charges against a California couple accused of sexually assaulting "hundreds" of women will be dropped due to lack of evidence, officials said.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer accused his predec... | www.bbc.com | center | erR6qq2oE1A3tQ5J | ||
free_speech | Washington Times | 2 | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/30/university-illinois-urbana-champaign-sued-policies/ | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sued for policies punishing free speech | 2019-05-30 | Christopher Vondracek | A lawsuit accuses the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign of stifling free speech by “ weaponizing ” anti-bias measures against students who have attended pro-Israel rallies , advocated for the reinstatement of an American Indian school mascot and supported a pro-Trump , anti-immigration demonstration on campus ... | A lawsuit accuses the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign of stifling free speech by “weaponizing” anti-bias measures against students who have attended pro-Israel rallies, advocated for the reinstatement of an American Indian school mascot and supported a pro-Trump, anti-immigration demonstration on campus.
Th... | www.washingtontimes.com | right | o8jIPJ7mhcKr55XO |
elections | Christian Science Monitor | 1 | http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/1008/Barack-who-Democrats-flee-Obama-in-Tuesday-Senate-debates | Barack who? Democrats flee Obama in Tuesday Senate debates. | 2014-10-08 | Linda Feldmann | Four weeks before Election Day , the specter of President Obama is everywhere – Colorado , Georgia , North Carolina , Virginia , West Virginia . In debate after debate Tuesday , Republicans inserted the unpopular president into the conversation early and often , goading Democratic Senate candidates into distancing them... | Four weeks before Election Day, the specter of President Obama is everywhere – Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. In debate after debate Tuesday, Republicans inserted the unpopular president into the conversation early and often, goading Democratic Senate candidates into distancing themselves f... | www.csmonitor.com | center | NtEPmA6YKCp9lEFa |
politics | USA TODAY | 1 | http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/18/who-has-trump-appointed-his-cabinet-so-far/94075950/ | Who has Trump picked for his Cabinet so far? | 2016-11-18 | President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to announce his choices for Cabinet slots and other senior positions . Here 's our running list :
The Montana congressman is a member of the House Natural Resources and Armed Services committees . The former Navy SEAL was an early supporter of Trump 's and has been mentioned a... | Eliza Collins
USA TODAY
President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to announce his choices for Cabinet slots and other senior positions. Here's our running list:
The Cabinet
Ryan Zinke, Interior secretary
The Montana congressman is a member of the House Natural Resources and Armed Services committees. The former N... | www.usatoday.com | center | nOVWKbQTJ0hUyaV4 | |
white_house | CNN (Web News) | 0 | https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus/index.html | White House takes aim at Fauci as he disagrees with Trump on virus | 2020-07-12 | Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins | Washington ( CNN ) The White House is making a concerted effort to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci as he becomes increasingly vocal about his concerns over reopening the country amid a national surge in coronavirus cases . The moves to undercut Fauci come just days after he gave an unvarnished look at his relationship with... | Washington (CNN) The White House is making a concerted effort to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci as he becomes increasingly vocal about his concerns over reopening the country amid a national surge in coronavirus cases. The moves to undercut Fauci come just days after he gave an unvarnished look at his relationship with Pr... | www.cnn.com | left | TM2Apk9USqAn094L |
sexual_misconduct | Reason | 2 | http://reason.com/blog/2018/08/20/asia-argento-me-too-sexual-assault | Sexual Assault Accusation Against #MeToo Hero Asia Argento Relies on Uncommon Age of Consent Law | 2018-08-20 | Christian Britschgi, Josh Blackman, Xander Peters, Cosmo Wenman, Joe Setyon, Zuri Davis | Asia Argento , an Italian actress and director who helped bring down Harvey Weinstein and launch the # MeToo movement , paid $ 380,000 to an underage actor with whom she had a sexual relationship in 2013 .
That actor , Jimmy Bennett , was 17 at the time , and he viewed Argento as a mother figure . Years later , after s... | Asia Argento, an Italian actress and director who helped bring down Harvey Weinstein and launch the #MeToo movement, paid $380,000 to an underage actor with whom she had a sexual relationship in 2013.
That actor, Jimmy Bennett, was 17 at the time, and he viewed Argento as a mother figure. Years later, after she became... | www.reason.com | right | oyGlZPkQK7Riusmo |
politics | Politico | 0 | http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/28/booker-trump-impeachment-238898 | Booker: 'I’m not going to rush to impeachment' | 2017-05-28 | Cristiano Lima | Sen. Cory Booker said what was needed now was an `` objective assessment of facts , '' and not a `` re-litigation '' of the 2016 presidential election . | AP Photo Booker : ' I ’ m not going to rush to impeachment '
Sen. Cory Booker preached patience in the ongoing investigations into Russian election interference and ... | Sen. Cory Booker said what was needed now was an "objective assessment of facts," and not a "re-litigation" of the 2016 presidential election. | AP Photo Booker: 'I’m not going to rush to impeachment'
Sen. Cory Booker preached patience in the ongoing investigations into Russian election interference and potential ties... | www.politico.com | left | fNClfO9YpcVDOwyn |
europe | The Week - News | 1 | http://theweek.com/articles/564805/greeks-voted-end-national-humiliation-now-time-europe-cut-better-deal | The Greeks voted to end their national humiliation. Now it's time for Europe to cut them a better deal. | 2015-07-07 | Ryan Cooper, Brendan Morrow, Joel Mathis, Catherine Garcia | This weekend , the Greek people voted in a referendum on whether to accept the terms of the latest bailout offer from the eurozone brass . The offer had been withdrawn by the time of the vote , but Greeks voted to reject it anyway , by a nearly 23-point margin , showing that bald threats from top eurozone elites had ba... | ADVERTISEMENT
This weekend, the Greek people voted in a referendum on whether to accept the terms of the latest bailout offer from the eurozone brass. The offer had been withdrawn by the time of the vote, but Greeks voted to reject it anyway, by a nearly 23-point margin, showing that bald threats from top eurozone eli... | www.theweek.com | center | slvACNIAje9AX26U |
treasury | Fox Online News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/13/sessions-puts-lew-on-trial-for-budget-bluff/ | Sessions Puts Lew on Trial for Budget Bluff | 2013-02-13 | Chris Stirewalt, In July Of | “ It ’ s an accurate statement that our current spending will not be increasing the debt… We ’ ve stopped spending money that we don ’ t have . ”
-- Jack Lew , then director of the Office of Management and Budget , in Feb. 16 , 2011 testimony before the Senate Budget Committee .
How does a budget blueprint that would a... | “It’s an accurate statement that our current spending will not be increasing the debt… We’ve stopped spending money that we don’t have.”
-- Jack Lew, then director of the Office of Management and Budget, in Feb. 16, 2011 testimony before the Senate Budget Committee.
How does a budget blueprint that would add $13 tril... | www.foxnews.com | right | 0tB9efycDGJCscLd |
us_senate | CNN (Web News) | 0 | http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/politics/mccain-politics-2016/index.html?hpt=po_c2 | McCain says "most likely" running for re-election | 2014-12-12 | Stephen Collinson | Story highlights McCain edges closer than ever to 2016 campaign
Says would be `` foolish '' not to expect tough primary challenge
John McCain says he is `` most likely '' running for re-election in 2016 , but is aware that he will be a top target for conservative groups gunning for establishment Republicans in primarie... | Story highlights McCain edges closer than ever to 2016 campaign
Says would be "foolish" not to expect tough primary challenge
John McCain says he is "most likely" running for re-election in 2016, but is aware that he will be a top target for conservative groups gunning for establishment Republicans in primaries.
In ... | www.cnn.com | left | hR7Dkb05NyYWCYTt |
politics | Fox Online News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/05/watchdog-says-maxine-waters-inciting-mob-violence-presses-ethics-complaint.html | Watchdog says Maxine Waters inciting 'mob violence,' presses ethics complaint | 2018-07-05 | Adam Shaw | The head of a conservative watchdog group said Thursday that Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is inciting `` mob violence '' with her call for protesters to confront Trump officials in public , as he urged a formal ethics investigation on Capitol Hill .
`` When you ’ re out there ... inciting mob violence against sitting ... | The head of a conservative watchdog group said Thursday that Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is inciting "mob violence" with her call for protesters to confront Trump officials in public, as he urged a formal ethics investigation on Capitol Hill.
"When you’re out there ... inciting mob violence against sitting Trump Cab... | www.foxnews.com | right | 1pCUYmZi6fSkRLIv |
elections | Townhall | 2 | http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/07/16/romney_hits_obama_camp_over_discredited_attacks_ap_oddly_silent_on_facts | Romney Hits Obama Camp Over Discredited Attacks, AP Oddly Silent on Facts | 2012-07-16 | Guy Benson, Matt Vespa, Beth Baumann, Julio Rosas | As well he should . Independent fact-checkers have rendered multiple verdicts on the subjects of Bain , Romney and outsourcing , and Obama keeps lying , unfazed . As Chicago unleashes yet another negative ad premised on repeatedly discredited claims , Boston is firing back with a new spot of its own :
This is n't a bad... | As well he should. Independent fact-checkers have rendered multiple verdicts on the subjects of Bain, Romney and outsourcing, and Obama keeps lying, unfazed. As Chicago unleashes yet another negative ad premised on repeatedly discredited claims, Boston is firing back with a new spot of its own:
This isn't a bad of... | www.townhall.com | right | lHGPgSxUWqhPDBbw |
middle_east | USA TODAY | 1 | http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/18/obama-iran-nuclear-sanctions-waivers-treasury-jcpoa/74146108/ | Treasury will begin issuing Iran sanctions waivers under Obama order | 2015-10-18 | Gregory Korte | CLOSE It 's been 90 days since the U.N. approved the Iran Nuclear Deal , which means the country is now tasked with reducing its nuclear program . Video provided by Newsy Newslook
WASHINGTON — President Obama signed an order Sunday directing his administration to begin issuing waivers to Iran nuclear sanctions — but th... | CLOSE It's been 90 days since the U.N. approved the Iran Nuclear Deal, which means the country is now tasked with reducing its nuclear program. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
President Obama speaks as Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting with veterans and Gold Star Mothers at the White House Sept. ... | www.usatoday.com | center | HPKEdsfGHZR3cDLA |
violence_in_america | USA TODAY | 1 | http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/03/louis-head-apology-burn/19827121/ | Michael Brown's stepfather apologizes for violent rant | 2014-12-03 | Michael Brown 's stepfather apologized Wednesday for his angry rant the night authorities announced a grand jury 's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting Brown in August .
Louis Head , however , issued a statement saying he is being unfairly blamed for the rioting that followed his outburst... | Yamiche Alcindor, and John Bacon
USA TODAY
Michael Brown's stepfather apologized Wednesday for his angry rant the night authorities announced a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting Brown in August.
Louis Head, however, issued a statement saying he is being unfairly blamed f... | www.usatoday.com | center | 5X6GpVmjW7vc22Nq | |
palestine | Slate | 0 | https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/palestine-freshman-study-visa-harvard-immigration-revoked-deported.html | A Palestinian Freshman Arrived in the U.S. to Study at Harvard. Immigration Officials Revoked His Visa and Deported Him. | 2019-08-27 | Elliot Hannon | With classes scheduled to start next week , incoming Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi , like many of his fellow students , was set to arrive on campus for the first time this week . But the 17-year-old Palestinian ’ s hard-won education at perhaps the world ’ s preeminent university is now in doubt . American immigrat... | Harvard Yard viewed on Nov. 16, 2015, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
With classes scheduled to start next week, incoming Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, like many of his fellow students, was set to arrive on campus for the first time this week. But the 17-year-old Palestinian’s hard-won educa... | www.slate.com | left | bobq9ic7sbl0u8RS |
economic_policy | Guest Writer - Right | 2 | https://reason.com/2019/06/13/trumps-tariffs-hurt-american-freedom-and-prosperity/ | OPINION: Trump's Tariffs Hurt American Freedom and Prosperity | 2019-06-13 | Veronique De Rugy, Brian Doherty, Ronald Bailey, Eric Boehm, Billy Binion, Christian Britschgi, Joe Setyon, Zuri Davis | The air always swirls with popular myths that , when repeated constantly , are taken by some to be indisputably true . One such myth today is that President Donald Trump is unique among presidents in standing up firmly to the Chinese and other foreigners to stop them from harming us economically with their import restr... | The air always swirls with popular myths that, when repeated constantly, are taken by some to be indisputably true. One such myth today is that President Donald Trump is unique among presidents in standing up firmly to the Chinese and other foreigners to stop them from harming us economically with their import restrict... | www.reason.com | right | 01endQv3SbwEJvbG |
immigration | National Review | 2 | https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/immigration-policy-help-build-futures-in-their-own-land/ | Is Immigration Good for Immigrants? | 2018-03-16 | Luma Simms, Kyle Smith, Andrew C. Mccarthy, Luke Thompson, Zachary Evans, Jordan Sillars, Jay Nordlinger, Kevin D. Williamson, Tobias Hoonhout, John Mccormack | A “ Refugees Welcome ” mat at an immigration rally in New York , City , March 3 , 2017 . ( Carlo Allegri/Reuters )
Some people would prefer to remain safely in the land where they were born .
As of mid January , there were five immigration proposals before Congress ; here they are gathered in one chart so we can easily... | A “Refugees Welcome” mat at an immigration rally in New York, City, March 3, 2017. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
Some people would prefer to remain safely in the land where they were born.
As of mid January, there were five immigration proposals before Congress; here they are gathered in one chart so we can easily compare ... | www.nationalreview.com | right | 3qzZkjskncsc8cY8 |
politics | Fox Online News | 2 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/16/comey-calls-trump-morally-unfit-to-be-president-says-wouldnt-have-changed-handling-clinton-probe.html | Comey calls Trump 'morally unfit to be president,' says he wouldn't have changed handling of Clinton probe | 2018-04-16 | Barnini Chakraborty | In his first interview since being fired , former FBI Director James Comey described President Trump as an ego-driven liar who treats women like “ meat ” and is “ morally unfit to be president . ”
“ I don ’ t think he ’ s medically unfit to be president . I think he ’ s morally unfit to be president , ” Comey said in a... | In his first interview since being fired, former FBI Director James Comey described President Trump as an ego-driven liar who treats women like “meat” and is “morally unfit to be president.”
“I don’t think he’s medically unfit to be president. I think he’s morally unfit to be president,” Comey said in a wide-ranging s... | www.foxnews.com | right | xUeKBa6aG2zWkRyM |
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